Hillsboro recorder. (Hillsboro, N.C.) 1887-18??, 1887-08-11
coNFLAGRATIoNs.
The Fire Fiend Ia His GLORY I'm this swell
tering Weather.

tering Weather.
A fire broke out in the extensive
'rackery bakery Of James ID, Mason &
Sons, on Pratt street, aesr Light, Balti
more, Nd, which vas entirely destroyed,
with all its contents and machinery. Il
extended ON the right to double build
ing occupied by Henderson, Laws & Co.,
cracker, cake and candy factory, which
was also destroyed. William Schultz,
foreman of engine No. 10, was buried
beneath the ruins and killed. Chief
Engineer Hennick, Of the fire depart
ment, was seriously injured and his
death is feared. Flames continued to
spread to the right to the stove ware
house Of Liebrandt, Mcdowell & Co.,
which was destroyed, and to the agricul-
tlral warehouse of +. Whitman s. Sons,
the upper part Of which MAS burned out.
A fire was discovered in the upper win
dows of the New Era Touring mills sit
uated on Chestnut street, Nashville,
Tenn. The heat was so intense that
dwelling houses on the other side OF
Chestnut street were smoking, and the
engine at the nearest plug had 10 be re
moved TO prevent Its being damaged. II
took persistent and well directed work
to save the Nashville Canning Company's
works on one side, and the New Era
mills warehouse on the other. The oil
mills seemed in danger at one time, and
one hundred and fifty cars on the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad side tracks
would have been burned had not the yard
master moved them with remarkable ra-
piditr. The mills cost about $50, 900, but
the property was not considered worth
that amount OF money. The building,
machinery and stock were insured for
S32, 900 in small amounts in a score OF
companies. The fire Is supposed TO have
originated from hot box. The sixth
attempt to burn out the New York
Zeitung was frustrated. The fire
started on the third floor IN some old files
Of the Demokrat. None but employees
are allowed in that part OF the building,
and the owners Of the paper are at loss
10 know how the blaze came about. The
watchman had found everything right
only fifteen minutes before the alarm.
Tie fames were quickly extinguished
At Tampa, Fla, q serious fire took
place, destroying all buildings on two
blocks except three. ThIrty-fiye business
firms were burned out, with an aggregate
loss Of $4,000 and only $500 insu.
rance, owing to high rates. The fire oc.
CURED ON the blocks surrounded by In.
Fayette, jackson, Tampa and Monroe
streets. The origin Of the Are il un-
known. The Calumet and Hecla copper
mine is on fire at the sixteenth level near
Calumet, Mich. Immense volumes OF
smoke are issuing from No. 3 shaft.
In the Hecla branch Of the mine, miners
have gone down TO shut OF the fire from
black holes in . portion Of the mines.
A fire damaged the extensive saddlery
hardware manufactory Of the Frazer 4
Jones company at Syracuse, ". Y, $780,.
900, which Is covered by an insurance Of
about s150.000. The town OF Wins.
boro, 5. g., recently disturbed by the
frequency Of fires, apparently inccndiary,
is now much excited over the burning Of
the residence Of X. Y. Ellison. a promi.
Dent citizen of the town. The house
aud contents were entirely consumed, the
inmates escaping with their lives. The
fire was plainly incendiary. WI